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THE FIRST CHURCH 

IN WORCESTER, 
1864. 




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THE HISTOHY, 

ARTICLES or FAITH 

COVENANT, 

AND 

STANDING KULES, 

OF 

THE riEST CHURCH 



IN WORCESTER, MASS 

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Catalogue of its OflScers and Members. 



WORC ESTER : 
ADAMS & BROWN, PRINTERS, 212 MAIN STREET. 

(successors to H. J. HOWtAND.) 




CHURCH ORGANIZED IX THE YEAR 1716. 
OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH, 1864. 

PASTOR. 

Rev. EDWARD ASHLEY WALKER, 

DEACONS. 

RICHARD BALL, 
CALEB DANA, 
SAMUEL W. KENT, 
CHARLES A. LINCOLN. 

CLERK. 

CALEB DANA. 

TREASURER. 

RICHARD BALL. 

ISk Excnanga 
Amer. Ant. soo. 

25 -^' 1907 



HISTORY 



In the spring of 1674, a company of thirty persons com- 
menced the first settlement in Worcester, but the breaking 
out of King Phillip's war in the following year led them 
to abandon the enterprise. 

A second attempt at a settlement was made in 1684, and 
continued to progress for eighteen years until the com- 
mencement of Queen Anne's war in 1702, when the project 
was again abandoned. The third and first effectual settle- 
ment of the place, was commenced by Jonas Rice, who re- 
turned to the town, Oct. 21, 1713. He remained the sole 
inhabitant till the spring of 1715, when he was joined by 
his brother Gershom, who came, as he himself had done, 
from Marlborough. 

The first settlers of Worcester began their enterprise 
under formal and written obligation to secure the services 
of a clergyman, erect a meeting-house, and maintain re- 
ligious worship, at the earliest possible day. Until a min- 
ister could be obtained, the inhabitants were required to 
assemble on the Sabbath in social religious meetings. 
With this requisition they evinced every disposition to 
comply. The first meetings for devotional exercises were 
held in the house of Gershom Kice. This was probably in 
1715 or 1716. In the year 1716, or in the early part of 
1717, the First Church in Worcester was organized, and 
Daniel Heywood and Nathaniel Moore were chosen its 
Deacons. Soon afterwards, a small meeting-house was 



HISTORY. 



built near the spot where at present Green street forms a 
junction with Park and Franklin streets. This house was 
constructed of logs, and was erected in 1717. 

In 1719, a second meeting-house was erected. It ap- 
pears to have been considerably larger than the first, and 
better adapted to the purposes of religious worship. The 
site selected was on the common, near the spot where the 
present edifice stands. In the autumn of the same year, 
the Rev. Andrew Gardner was ordained as the first pas- 
tor. He was a native of Brookline, Mass., and graduated at 
Harvard University in 1712. Mr. Gardner continued his 
ministry for the term of three years, and was dismissed by 
a mutual council on the 3 1st of October, 1722. 

The pastoral office remained vacant imtil the 30th of 
October, 1725, when the Rey. Isaac Burr, the second 
pastor, was ordained. Mr. Burr was a native of Fairfield, 
Conn., and graduated at Yale College in 1717. Mr. Burr 
sustained his relation to the Church and Parish for a period 
of twenty years, and at his own request was dismissed by 
an ecclesiastical council, in March, 1745. 

On the 22d of Sept. 1746, the following Covenant was 
adopted at a meeting of the Church convened for that pur- 
pose, and signed by fifty of its members, and attested by 
Rev. John Campbell of Oxford, and Rev. John Prentice 
of Lancaster : 

COVENANT. 

'* We whose names are hereunto subscribed, being in- 
habitants of the town of Worcester, in New England, 
knowing that we are very prone to offend and provoke 
God, Most High, both in heart and life, through the prev- 
alency of sin that dwelleth in us, and the manifold tempta- 
tions from without us, for which we have great reason to 
be unfeignedly humble before him, from day to day, do, in 



HISTORY. 



the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, with de- 
pendence upon the gracious assistance of his Holy Spirit, 
solemnly enter into covenant with God, and Avith one 
another, according to his holy direction, as follows ; 

" First : That having chosen and taken the Lord Jeho- 
vah, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, to be our God, we will 
fear him, cleave to him in love, and serve him in truth, 
with all our hearts, giving up ourselves to him to be his 
people, in all things to be at his direction and sovereign 
disposal, that we may have and hold communion with him, 
as members of Christ's mystical body, according to his 
revealed will, to our life's end. 

" Secondly : We bind ourselves to bring up our children 
and servants, in the knowledge and fear of God, by his in- 
structions, according to our best abilities ; and, in special, 
by orthodox catechisms, viz. the Assembly's at Westmin- 
ster larger and shorter catechisms, that the true religion 
may be maintained in our families while we live ; yea, 
and among such as shall survive us, when we are dead 
and gone. 

•' Thirdly : We furthermore promise, to keep close to 
the truth of Christ, endeavoring with lively affections of it 
in our hearts, to defend it against all opposers thereof, as 
God shall call us at any time thereunto ; which, that we 
may do, we resolve to use the Holy Scriptures as our di- 
rectory, whereby we may discern the mind and will of 
Christ, and not the new found inventions of men. 

" Fourthly: We also engage ourselves, to have a care- 
ful inspection over our hearts, so as to endeavor, by vir- 
tue of the death of Christ, the mortification of our sinful 
passions, worldly frames, and disorderly affections, whereby 
we may be withdrawn from the living God. 

" Fifthly : We furthermore oblige ourselves in the faith- 
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6 HISTORY. 



ful improvement of all our abilities and opportunities, to 
worship God, according to the particular institutions of 
Christ for his church, under gospel administrations ; to 
give a reverent attention to the word of God ; to pray unto 
him ; to sing his praises ; and to hold communion with 
one another, in the use of both the sacraments ot the New 
Testament, viz. Baptism and the Lord's Supper. 

" Sixthly : We likewise promise, that we will peacea- 
bly submit ourselves, unto the holy discipline appointed 
by Christ in his church, for offenders, obeying, according 
to the will of God, them that rule over us in the Lord. 

*' Seventhly : We also bind ourselves, to walk in love 
one towards another, endeavoring our mutual edification, 
visiting, exhorting, comforting as occasion serveth, any 
brother or sister which offends ; not divulging private of- 
fences irregularly, but heedfuUy following the several pre- 
cepts laid down by Christ for church discipline, in the xviii. 
of Matthew, 15, 16, 17 ; willingly forgiving all that mani- 
fest, unto the judgment of charity, that they truly repent 
of all their miscarriages. 

" Now, the God of peace, wliich brought ag*in from the 
dead our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Great Shep- 
herd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting 
covenant, make us all perfect in every good word and work, 
to do his will, working in us that which is Avell pleasing 
in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for- 
ever and ever. Amen. 

The Rev. Tiiaddeus Maccaety of Boston, the third 
pastor, was installed, June 10, 1747, the pastor elect 
preaching the sermon from IstThes. ii. 13. Mr. Maccarty 
was minister of the town during the Revolutionary war. 
Ho was a graduate of Harvard College, of the class of 
1 739. He died '' in peace, faith and hope," July 20, 1 784, 



HISTORY. 

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after a useful ministry of thirty-seven years. It was dar- 
ing the ministry of Mr. Maccarty that the present house of 
worship was erected. It was finished in 1763. Having 
undergone several modifications at different times, it has 
now stood more than one hundred years. 

After an interval of some years, the Rev. Samuel 
AusTix, of New Haven, a youthful soldier in the revolu- 
tionary war, and a graduate of Yale College, of the class 
of 1784. accepted an invitation to assume the pastoral 
charge, and was installed Sept. 30th, 1790. The Rev. 
Samuel Hopkins, of Hadley, his father-in-law, preached 
on the occasion. 

Mr. Aur>tin had been educated for the legal profession, 
but, having changed his course to theology, he became a 
pupil of the younger Dr. Edwards. At this period, the 
Church adopted a series of Articles of Faith, and also a 
new Covenant, both of which, with some verbal alterations, 
are still retained. It does not appear from the records ex- 
tant, that the Church had adopted any Articles of Faith 
at any previous period of its history. In 1815, Rev. Dr. 
Austin was elected President of the University of Vermont, 
and accepted the appointment. He still, however, retain- 
ed the nominal pastorship of the First Church in Worces- 
ter, in compliance with the express desire of the Church 
and Parish. 

On the 9th of October, 1816, the Rev. Chakles A. 
Goodrich, of Berlin, Conn., was ordained as colleague 
pastor of the Church, it being stipulated in the agreement 
that he was to be sole pastor upon the dismission of Dr. 
Austin, which latter event took place on the 23d of Decem- 
ber, 1818, Mr. Austin's ministry having continued about 
thirty years. Mr. Goodrich, now the sole pastor of the 
Church and Parish, was at length dismissed, at his own 
request, Nov. 14th, 1820. 



HISTOHY. 



The Rev. Aretius B. Hull was the next minister. 
He was ordained on the 22d of May, 1821. The Rev. 
Nathaniel W. Taylor, D. D. of New Haven, delivered the 
sermon. Mr. Hull was born at Woodbridge, Conn., Oct. 
12, 1788. His parents were emigrants from England, 
highly respectable in character. He graduated at Yale 
College in 1807. Mr. Hull had been subject to the usual 
infirmities of a feeble constitution from his youth. In 
the spring of 1825, his physical debility became so serious 
as to reduce him to the necessity of desisting from his min- 
isterial work. He died en the 17th of May, 1826, in the 
38th year of his age, and the 5th of his ministry in Wor- 
cester. 

The next year, namely, in February, 1827, the Rev. 
Rodney A. Miller received an invitation to become the 
pastor of the First Church and Parish. Having communi- 
cated his acceptance, he was ordained June 7, 1827. The 
sermon was preached by the Rev. Warren Fay, D. D., of 
Charlestown. Mr. Miller was decended from a puritan 
family, who emigrated from Devonshire, England, and 
settled near Hampton, on the east end of Long Island. 
They subsequently removed to Tioy, New York. Mr. 
Miller graduated at Union College, in 1821, and pursued 
the usual course of theological studies at the Princeton 
Seminary, New Jersey. The Rev. Mr. Miller was dismiss- 
ed from the pastoral care of the First Church in Worces- 
ter, by a mutual Council, April 12, 1844, after a long and 
successful ministry in this place of almost seventeen years. 
Accompanying the act of dismission on the part of the 
council, was a formal testimony, of the most satisfactory 
character, as to his moral worth and ministerial efficiency. 

After a vacancy of nearly one year in the pastoral office, 
the Ri:v. George Phillips Smith, of South Woburn 
(now Winchester,) having received and accepted a call, 



HISTORY. 



became the eight pastor of the church, and was installed 
March 19th, 1845. The sermon on this occasion was de- 
livered by the Rev. Thomas Snell, D. D., of North Brook- 
field. 

Mr. Smith was born in Salem, Mass., on the 11th of 
February, 1814, and was a graduate of Amherst College, 
of the class of i 835, and of Andover Theological Seminary, 
of the class of 1840. 

The Rev. Mr. Smith died at Salem on the third day of 
September, 1852, in the thirty-ninth year of his age, and 
in the eighth of his ministry in Worcester. By his kind 
and affectionate spirit he endeared himself to the people 
of his charge and a large circle of friends, by whom his 
death was deeply lamented. 

On the 13th day of December, 1852, the church and par- 
ish with great unanimity invited the Rev. Horace James 
of Wrenthem, Mass., to become their pastor and minister. 
Mr. James accepted the invitation, and was installed on 
the 3d day of February, 1853, on which occasion the ser- 
mon was preached by the Rev. Edwards A. Park, D. D., 
of Andov-er. 

Mr. James, is a native of Medford, Mass. He gradu- 
ated at Yale College in 1840, and pursued a course of 
theological study at New Haven and Andover. 

In October 1861, Mr. James having been appointed 
Chaplain of the 25th Regiment of Massachusetts Volun- 
teers, tendered his resignation as Pastor and left with his 
regiment, in Gen. Burnside's expedition, for North Caro- 
lina. In 1863 he was appointed Superintendent of freed- 
men in the Department of N. C. 

Mr. James' ministerial relation to this Church and Par- 
ish was dissolved, at his own request, by an ecclesiastical 
Council, Jan'y 8, 1863, with their testimony to his activ- 
ity, fidelity, and success as a christian minister. 



10 HISTORY. 



In June following, the Church and Parish, by their unan- 
imous votes, in concurrence, extended an invitation to the 
Rev. Edward Ashley Walker, of New Haven, Conn, 
to become their Pastor and settle with them in the work 
of the christain ministry. Mr. Walker accepted the invi- 
tation, and was Installed July 2d, 1863. The sermon on 
the occasion, was preached by Rev. Willard Child, D. D. 
of Castleton, Vt. 

Mr. Walker was born at New Haven, Conn., Nov. 24, 
1834, graduated at Yale College in the class of 1856, 
pursued his professional studies at New Haven and at the 
universities of Heidelberg and Berlin, Germany, and was 
ordained at New Haven, June 5, 1861, Chaplain of the 
1st Conn. Vol. Heavy Artillery. After serving 15 months 
he was compelled by sickness to resign his position in the 
army. 

On the 22d day of September, 1863, the Church and 
Parish commemorated the hundreth anniversary of the 
erection of their Meeting-house. It appears by an entry 
made upon the Church records by the Rev. Mr. Maccarty, 
that the house "began to be erected June 21, 1763," and 
that it was first used for religious purposes, " Dec. 8, 1 763," 
on which occasion he preached a sermon from I Chr. xxix. 
16, 17. The day of the centennial commemoration was 
selected as occurring at a more favorable season than that on 
which the house was commenced, or dedicated. An intio- 
ductory address was made by the Hon. Ira M. Barton. 
The historical discourse was delivered by Rev. Leonard 
Bacon, D. D., of the First Church in New Haven, Conn. 
All the services were of an interesting character, and highly 
appreciated by a large and respectable audience. 



rORM OF ADMISSION. 11 



rOEM OF ADMISSION. 



ADDRESS. 

Beloved Feiends ; You have presented yourselves 
before God, and his people, and before the ^vorld, to make 
a public profession of your religious faith, and to take 
upon you everlasting obligations. We trust you have well 
considered the nature of this transaction, the most solemn 
and momentous in which a mortal can ever engage, and 
that you are prepared by divine grace to give yourselves 
away, a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, through 
Jesus Christ. 

Having been duly examined and propounded, and having 
assented in private to the articles of faith adopted by this 
church, you will now profess the same before these witnesses. 

CONFESSION OF FAITH. 

I. You believe that there is one only living and true 
God ; a being, independent and eternal in his existence 
and glory ; unchangeable in his purposes ; possessed of 
infinite power, wisdom, justice, goodness and truth ; and 
who is the Creator, Preserver, Benefactor, and righteous 
moral Governor of the universe. 

II. You believe that the scriptures of the Old and New 
Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are the 
only perfect rule of faith and practice, 

III. You believe the scriptures teach that God exists 
in a manner incomprehensible to us, under a threefold dis- 
tinction, as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ; and that these 
three, possessing equal perfections, are one God, 



12 roRM: OF admission. 

IV. You believe that the only true standard of holiness 
is the divine law, that its trangression is sin, and its pen- 
alty the second death ; and that all men, as free moral 
agents, are under solemn obligation perfectly to obey the 
law of God. 

V. You believe that our first parents were created holy; 
that they fell from their happy state by transgressing the 
divine command ; and that, in consequence of their apos- 
tasy, the heart of man until it is renewed by the Holy 
Spirit, is destitute of holiness and alienated from God. 

VI. You believe that those who are renewed by the 
Spirit of God, were ordained from the foundation of the 
world, by an election purely of grace, unto everlasting 
life ; and that they will be kept by the power of God, 
through faith, unto final salvation. 

VII. You believe that the only Redeemer of mankind 
is the Lord Jesus Christ, who became incarnate that he 
might offer an effectual sacrifice for sin by the death of the 
cross ; that by this sacrifice he became the propitiation for 
the sins of men, and that all who are saved will be entire- 
ly indebted to the grace of God, through the atonemont, 

VIII. You believe that the Gospel is freely and sincere- 
ly offered to all, and that all are under obligation imme- 
diately to embrace it; and that repentance and faith in 
the Lord Jesus Christ, are indespensable to salvation. 

IX. You believe that there will be a resurrection of 
the dead and a day of general judgment, when the right- 
ous will be received to the perfect and endless enjoyment 
of God in heaven, and the wicked will be sentenced to 
everlasting punishment. 

X. You believe that the sacraments of the church are 
Baptism and the Lord's Supper. That visible believers 



FORM OF ADMISSION. 13 

only, who receive the truth in the love of it, and maintain 
a deportment becoming the gospel, have a right to partake 
of the Lord's Sapper ; and that they, with their house- 
holds, are the only proper subjects of Christian Baptism. 

To this summary of Christian doctrine you cordially 
assent ? 



\^Here the ordinance of Baptism is administered to those 
who have not been baptized. And those who luere baptized 
in { I) fancy are reminded that they do now voluntarily ac- 
cept, as a token of their own personal faith, and as the seal 
of a believer s hope, the rite which was originally a pledge 
of God' s faithfulness to their pious parents, on their behalf .'^ 

You will now enter into Covenant with God, and with 
this Church. 



COVENANT. 

You do now, in the presence of God, angels and men, 
solemnly take the Lord Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy 
Ghost, to be your God, the object of your supreme love, 
and your portion. You receive, trust in, and desire to 
obey, the Lord Jesus Christ as your only Redeemer. You 
choose the Holy Spirit as your Sanctifier. You give up 
yourselves and all that you have to God, to be his ; desir- 
ing, above all things, to be instruments of his glory in 
that way which he shall see best. And promising, through 
the help of divine grace, without which you can do noth- 
ing, that you will deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and 
that you will live soberly, righteously and godly, even un- 
to death. You cordially join yourselves to this Church, 
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>4 FORM OF ADMISSION. 



as a tru3 church of oar Lord Jesus Christ, and engage to 
be subject to its discipline, so far as it is conformable to 
the rules Christ has given in the Gospel ; and that you 
will walk with the members thereof, in all holy love, 
watchfulness and purity. 

This you (severally) promise and engage ? 

\^Here the church ivill rise.'] 

And now do we, the members of this churchy in conse- 
quence of these your professions and promises, affection- 
ately receive you to our communion ; and in the name of 
Christ declare you entitled to all its visible privileges. 
We welcome you to a fellowship with us in the blessings 
of the gospel ; severally engaging, on our part, to love 
you as Christians, to watch over you, to pray for you, and 
seek your edification so long as you shall continue among 
us. Should you have occasion to remove, it will be your 
duty to seek, and ours to grant, a recommendation to anoth- 
er church ; for hereafter you can never withdraw from the 
watch and communion of the saints, without a breach of 
Covenant. 

And now, Beloved in the Lord, let it be impressed on 
your minds that you have entered into solemn relations, 
which you can never renounce, and from which you can 
never escape. Hereafter, the eyes of the world will be 
upon you. If you walk worthily, you will bring strength 
and gladness to our Zion ; but if otherwise, you will be to 
us a grief and a reproach. Wherever you go, these vows 
will be upon you. They will follow you to the bar of 
God ; and, in whatever world you may be fixed, they will 
abide upon you forever. 

To Him, then, who is able to keep us from falling, and 
present us faultless before his throne with exceeding joy, 
we commend the keeping of our precious interests. May 



STANDING RULES. 15 



the Lord ever guide and preserve us, causing us to become 
more and more conformed to the example of our divine Mas- 
ter, till we come at last to the perfection of holiness, in 
the kingdom of his glory. Amen. 



STANDING RULES. 

I. The Annual Meeting of this Church shall be held 
on the Wednesday next preceding the first Sabbath in 
January, when the following officers shall be chosen, viz : 
A clerk and a Treasurer, who shall be chosen by ballot, a 
Committee of two to audit accounts, a Committee of 
four, who with the Pastor and Deacons shall constitute a 
Standing Committee. 

II. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep the Rec- 
ords, forward all letters of dismission and recommendation 
of members, and report in writing, at the annual meeting 
of the church, a corrected catalogue of the members, with 
the number and names of all persons received, dismissed, 
excommunicated, or deceased, during the year. 

III. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to take 
charge of all money belonging to the Church and received 
at benevolent contributions, pay all bills and appropriations 
as voted by the church, except as specified in Rule XI; 
and render his account of all receipts and expenditures, 
properly vouched, at the annual meeting. 

IV. It shall be the duty of the Standing Committee to 
report in writing at the annual meeting, the spiritual con- 
dition of the church during the year ; to present a list of 



16 STANDING KULES. 

the non-resident members, giving their residence and stand- 
ing ; to keep a general oversight of all such members, 
holding correspondence with them when necessary ; to 
conduct the examination of candidates for admission to the 
church ; and to perform such other duty as the church 
may impose upon them. 

V. Candidates for admission to this church by profes- 
sion of faith, shall in ordinary cases be examined at a 
meeting of the church regularly called, and all questions 
touching their application shall be decided by vote of the 
church. They shall stand propounded at least two weeks, 
and no objection being presented, shall be received pre- 
viously to the celebration of the Lord's Supper on a com- 
munion day. 

VI. Candidates for admission by recommendation from 
other churches, may make application to either of the offi- 
cers of the church, and present their letters. Notice of 
such application shall be given before the church, when 
assembled for the communion service, and the request 
shall be finally acted upon at a subsequent meeting of the 
church after an interval of not less time than two weeks. 

VII. The Lord's Supper shall be celebrated on the 
first Sabbaths in January, March, May, July, September 
and November : and the Preparatory Lecture shall be on 
Friday of the week next preceding. 

VIII. A meeting of the church for business and devo- 
tional exercises shall be held once in two months, viz : on 
the Friday next preceding the first Sabbaths in February, 
April, June, August, October and December. Church 
1 usiness may also be transacted at the stated meeting on 
Wednesday evening. 

IX. Members who remove to other places, or worship 
and commune with other churches, are expected to pro- 



STANDING RULES. 17 



cure letters of dismission and recommendation from this 
church within one year from the time of leaving us, unless 
they shall give reasons for their delay, satisfactory to the 
Standing Committee. Appended to every letter of dismis- 
sion is a blank certificate, to be filled out acd returned 
to us after the person shall have united with another 
church. No member shall be considered as discharged, 
until this certificate, properly filled out, has been returned 
to the clerk. Application for letters of dismission shall 
in every case, be made in writing. 

X. The Standing Committee of this church, besides 
forming an acquaintance with all candidates for member- 
ship, are expected to converse with members of sister 
churches residing among and communing with us, and to 
invite them, if in regular church standing, to transfer their 
relation and unite with us, within a year after taking up 
their residence with us. 

XI. It shall be the duty of the Deacons to visit the 
poor and infirm members of the Church, to distribute 
among them money contributed for this object, and, in the 
absence of the Pastor, to preside at all the business meet- 
ings and to provide for the conduct of other occasional 
meetings of the church. 

XII. Any member of this church having cause of com- 
plaint against another, in cases of personal offence, should 
immediately seek to have it removed in a christian manner, 
the directions given in Matt. 18: 15, 16, 17, being his 
guide ; and whenever a charge is brought before the church, 
it shall be in writing, and a copy of it be furnished to the 
offending member. 

XIII. The Church shall designate at each Annual 
meeting such objects of benevolence as they deem worthy 
to be supported by public contributions during the year, 



18 STANDING RULES. 



with the time and manner of taking them up. And the 
Pastor of the church, or in his absence the Standing Com- 
mittee, shall see that they are duly presented to the Con- 
gregation. Other charities may be occasionally presented 
at the discretion of the Pastor and the Standing Com- 
mittee. 

XIV. These rules may be altered or amended at any 
regular business meeting of the church, by a majority of 
those that vote, notice of said alteration or amendment 
having been given at a previous meeting. 



The following Resolutions were unanimously adopted 
by the church, on the 30th Nov., 1849. 

Resolved: That it is the duty of church members, as a 
body and as indviduals, to sustain a preached gospel by 
communicating of their substance in proportion as God 
has given tbem the ability. 

Resloved ;That neglecting to do our just proportion in 
sustaining the gospel is immoral in its tendency, perni- 
cious in its effect, and deserves the rebuke of the church. 

Resolved: That it is the duty of church members to 
unite with the parish, that they may assume legal re- 
sponsibilities, and exercise civil privileges. 



OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH, 

FROM ITS ORGANIZATION. 



PASTORS. 

Rev. ANDREW GARDNER, 
Ordained Autumn of 1719 ; Dismissed Oct. 31, 1722. 

Rev. ISAAC BURR, 
Ordained Oct. 13, 1725 ; Dismissed March, 1745. 

Rev. THADDEUS MACCARTY, 
Installed June 10, 1747. Died July 20, 1784. 

Rev. SAMUEL AUSTIN, D. D., 
Installed Sept. 30, 1790 ; Dismissed Dec. 23, 1818. 

Rev. CHARLES A. GOODRICH, 

Ordained Oct. 9, 1816 ; Dismissed Nov. 14, 1820. 

Rev. ARETIUS B. HULL, 
Ordained May 22, 1821 ; Died May 17, 1826. 

Rev. RODNEY A. MILLER, 

Ordained June 7, 1827 ; Dismissed April 12, 1844. 

Rev. GEORGE P. SMITH, 
Installed March 19, 1845 ; Died Sept. 3, 1852. 

Rev. HORACE JAMES, 
Installed Feb. 3, 1853 ; Dismissed Jan. 8, 1863. 

Rev. EDWARD ASHLEY WALKER, 

Installed July 2, 1863. 



orncERs OF the church. 


DEACONS. 






Elected. 


Lied. 


Aged. 


Daniel Heywood, 


1716, 


April 12, 1773, 


79 


Nathaniel Moore, 


« 


Nov. 25, 1761, 


84 


Jonas Rice, 


Jan. 14, 1748, 


Sept. 22, 1753, 


84 


Thomas Wheeler, 


« « « 


Jan. 9, 1769, 


74 


Jacob Chamberlain 


Dec. 16, 1751, 


March 17, 1790, 


71 


Samuel Miller, 


(( « <( 


Sept. 9, 1759, 


81 


Nathan Perry, 


Nov. 5, 1783, 


Feb. 14, 1806, 


88 


Thomas Wheeler, 


« « <( 


Jan, 12, 1795, 


66 


John Chamberlain, 


Nov. 15, 1791, 


May 31, 1813, 


68 


Leonard Worcester, 


Oct. 19, 1797, 


May 28, 1846, 


79 


David Richards, 


Nov. 23, 1801, 


Jan. 29, 1829, 


78 


Moses Perry, 


June 18, 1807, 


March 12, 1842, 


80 


Joim Nelson, 


April 16, 1812, 


Jan. 14, 1834, 


72 


Lewis Chapin, 


Jan. 30, 1833, 


Resigned 1843. 




Moses Brigham, 


<( « (( 


Resigned 1837. 




Nathaniel Brooks, 


Aug. 5, 1836, 


Nov. 3, 1850, 


53 


Nahum Nixon, 


<( ii (( 


Aug. 27, 1850, 


62 


John Bixby, 


Sept. 30, 1836, 


July 14, 1853. 


81 


Richard Ball, 


Sept. 17, 1845, 






Allen Harris, 


Oct. 1, 1845, 


Feb. 3, 1864, 7 


3,9m 


Jonas M. Miles, 


« (( (( 


Resigned 1859. 




Caleb Dana, 


April 4, 1831. 






Samuel W. Kent, 


Jan. 2, 1861. 






Charles A Lincoln, 


Feb. 1,1861. 









CATALOGUE. 








2xt$t\\i §\mhm tf i\u €\nm\h 






April 1, 1864. 






(Tn tl 


le following Catab gne, the nun.beis irefixed to the names, indicate tho | 


year of 


uniting with this Church. 






The letters P. and L. Bhow whether the person united by Profession of Faith | 


or by Letter of Recommendation from another Church. 






Non-resident members are designated by the letters n. r. 






The names of membera who are now absent in the army against the rebellion | 


are desij 


jnated by a * 






Names enclosed in a brace, are husband and wife. 






W. is used as an abreviailon for wife, and v\id. for widow.) 






1858. 


Abbott, Ebenezer E., ) 
Abbott, Augusta, j 




L. 


1858. 




p. 


1858. 


Abbott, Frederick E., 




p. 


1846. 


Adams, Lucy Jane, w. of Henry C, 




p. 


1850. 


Adams, Fanny A., w. of John, 




L. 


1845. 


Ainsworth, Mary N., wid. of Nathan, 




I.. 


1855. 


Ainsworth, Mary Jane, 




P. 


1857. 


Ainsworth, Henry L , ) 
Ainsworth, Mary C, } 




P. 


1857. 




L. 


1863. 


Ainsworth, Laura A., 




L. 


1831. 


Albro, Isaac, > 
Albro, Harriet N., j 




P. 


1848. 




L. 


1861. 


Albro, Harriet M., 




P. 


1847. 


Allis, Phebe, 




L. 


1847. 


AUis, Nancy, 




L. 


1847. 


Allis, Experience W., 




-L. 


1854. 


Alton, James E., ) 
Alton, Lura J., j 


n r. 


L. 


1854. 


n. r. 


L. 


1847. 


Andrews, John D., ) 
Andrews, Rosalia L., ) 


n. r. 


P. 


1850. 


n. r. 


P. 


1860. 


Ayers, Warren, } 
Ayers, Rachel S., j 




L. 


1860. 




L. 



22 


MEMBERS. 




1800. 


Ayers, Anna E., 


L. 


1861. 


Ayers, Martha D., 


p. 


1852. 


Bacon, Catharine B., wid. of Samuel, n. r. 


L. 


1847. 


Bailey, George, ) 
Bailey, Clarissa E , j 


L. 


1847. 


L. 


1858. 


Bailey, Caroline M., 


P. 


1846 


Baker, Asa, > 
Baker, Lucy, ) 


L. 


1816. 


J.. 


1837. 


Baker, Lucy E., 


P. 


1852. 


Baker, Nancy, 


P. 


1863. 


Baldwin Elizabeth D., wid. of Nathan, 


L. 


1831. 


Ball, Richard, ) 
Ball, Sarah M., ] 


P. 


1831. 


P. 


1849. 


Ball, Anna W., 


P. 


1838. 


Ballard, Eliza Jane, w. of C. H., 


P. 


1858. 


Bancroft, Sarah S., 


P. 


1859. 


Bancroft, James 11., ) 
Bancroft, N. Rebecca, ] 


L. 


1859- 


L. 


1854. 


Barber, Isaac, 7 


L. 


1854 


Barber, Lucy Ann, ]" 


L. 


1863. 


Barber, Ellen 0., 


P. 


1836. 


Barber, Mary C, 


P. 


1858. 


Barber, Ruth E., 


P. 


1827. 


Barber, Hannah, w. of Silas, 


P. 


1855. 


Barber, Josiah, ) 
Barber, Maria B., ) 


P. 


1853. 


L. 


1852. 


*Barbour, Isaac R., Jr., 


P. 


1850. 


Barry, Harriet G., w. of R. W., 


P. 


1837. 


Bartlett, Ephraim W., 


L. 


1840. 


Barton, Elbridge, n. r. 


P. 


1845. 


Barton, Maria W., w of Ira M., (1835, l ) 


L. 


1855. 


*Barton, George Edward, 


P. 


1858. 


Barton, Mary H., w. of J. H., 


P. 


1858. 


Bellows, Horace, 


P. 


1854. 


Bennett, Frances E., w. of William M., 


li. 





MEMBERS. 


23 


1856. 


Bernard, Eliza H., wid. of David, 


L. 


1831. 


Bigelow, Eliza, w. of Walter R., 


r. 


1853. 


Bigelow, Louisa E., w. of H. W., 


Ti. 


1855. 
18G0. 


Bigelow, Amos E., ) 
Bigelow, Mary P., i 


1. 


1844. 


Billing, Clarissa, wid. of Aaron, 


L. 


1851. 


Biscoe, Selinda, wid. of Alden, 


L. 


1842. 


Blair, Elizabeth, wid. of Charles, 


P. 


1854. 


Blair, Robert Horace, ) n 


. r. p. 


1853. 


Blair, Lucy M., ) n 


. r. p. 


1831. 


Bliss, Sarah H., w. of Harrison, 


r« 


1858. 


Bliss, Harrlette B., wid. of John H., n 


. r. p. 


1858. 


Blood, Francis, > 
Blood, Julia Louisa, ) 


P. 


1859. 


p. 


1855. 


Blood, Maria W., w. of Otis H., 


L. 


1854. 


Boyden, Martha, wid. of David, 


L. 


1857. 
1857. 


Boyden, Joseph B., ) 
Boyden, Octavia F., ( 


L. 


1858. 


Boyden, Hannah, M , w. of John, 


L. 


1856. 


Boynton, Cordelia A., w. of E. N., 


p. 


1858. 

1858. 


Bradley, Osgood, ^ 
Bradley, Sarah Jane M. ^ 


p. 
P. 


1863. 


Brewster, Lucy, wid. of William A., 


L. 


1857. 


Brigham, Mary, wid. of Hosea, n 


. r. L. 


1842. 


Brigham, Leonard, ) 
Brigham, Susan H., ) 


p. 


1846. 


L. 


1827. 


Brooks, Mary, wid. of Dea. Nathaniel, 


p. 


1842. 


Brooks, Charles E., 


p. 


1838. 


Brown, Sarah, wid. of Lamed, 


p. 


1860. 


Buel, Elizabeth, w. of Samuel K., 


L. 


1849. 


Budd, John, n 


. r. p. 


1849. 
1849. 


Bugbee, Lyman, ) 
Bugbee, Mary T., j 


L. 
L. 


1318. 


Burbank, Betsey, w. of Isaac, n 


. r. p. 


1817. 


Burnett, Cynthia, wid. of Luther, 


p. 



2i MEMBERS. 



1842. Burr, Tedy L., p. 

1852. Buttrick, Albert C, ) P. 

1858. Battrick, Elizabeth S., ) L. 



1859. Campbell, Lucy, w. of Daniel, l. 

1863. Capron, Edmund P., ) l. 

1863. Capron, Anna E., j i^. 

1858. Carew, Mary A., p. 

18 46. Carpenter, Eph'm \V., ) n. r. l. 

1855. Carpenter, Sarah A., ) n. r. p. 

1863. Carpenter, Lucy M., w. of P. H., l. 

1858. Carter, Abigail, l. 

1858. Carter, Milton T., ) P. 

1857. Carter, Susan H., ) l. 

18 28. Chadwick, Mary, wid. of Daniel, p. 

1827. Chamberlin, Arathusa, wid. of Harmon, p. 

1857. Chamberlin, Arathusa II., p. 

1828. Chamberlain, Hannah B., wid. of Thomas, p. 
1853. Chamberlain, Dora C, p. 

1858. Chamberlain, Eph'm F., ) L. 
1842. Chamberlain, Maria A , ) p. 
1846. Champney, Francis C, n, r. l. 
1858. Chapman, Lucy A., w. of Wm. R., p. 
1858. ^*Chase, Wm. M., n,r. p. 
1858. Childs, Jane Elizabeth, w. of Norman, L. 
1850. ChoUar, John, ) l. 
1850. Chollar, Elizabeth L., ] l. 
1858. Clapp, Caroline K., wid. of Levi, l. 
1850. Clapp, Simeon, | L. 
1850. Clapp, Lucy Ann, | l. 

1838. Clark, Wm. L , ) P. 

1839. Clark, Lucretia, ) L. 
1852. Clark, John, \ l. 



1852. Clark, Sarah R., i l. 



MEMBEES. 25 



1858. Clark, Anna R., p. 

1855. Clark, Lucy P., jl. 

1858. Clark, Susan S., p. 

1838. Clement, Sarah W., p. 

1858. Clement, Caroline R., p. 

1851. Clifford, Lorinda H., w. of Warner, il. 

1846. Cobb, Albert G., ) l. 

1858. Cobb, Catharine S., | p. 

1864. Cobb, Harriet S., p. 

1864. Cobb, E. Flora, p. 

1831. Cobleigh, Sophia, w. of Henry, n. r. p. 

1863. Coes, Abbie Winch, w. of Aury G., l. 

1849. Conant, Martha H. P., w. of Otis, i.. 

1833. Cook, Sumner, ) i,. 

1831. Cook, Sophia, j p. 

1858. Cook, John R., P. 

1842. Curby, Elizabeth, n. r. p. 

1827. Curby, Polly, p. 

1858. Currier, Augustus N., > p. 

1858. Currier, Margaretta P., ) L. 

1813. Curtis, Nancy, wid. of John, p, 

1837. Curtis, Geo. T. S., ) n. r. p. 

1849. Curtis, Harriet F., j gi. r. l, 

1836. Curtis, Sarah Ann, p, 
1842. Curtis, Joseph, ^ p, 
1842. Curtis, Eunice, j p, 
1858. Curtis, Caroline E., p, 
1833. Curtis, Hannah S., wid. of Benj. F., l 

1837. Curtis, Lydia, n. r. p, 
1827. Cutting, Lewis, n, r. p. 



.. 



1857. Cutting, Sarah, wid. of Frederic, l. 

1849. Dana, Caleb, ) t. 



1849, Dana, Laurenda, C l. 



26 


MEMBERS. 






1849. 


Dana, Mary L., 




L. 


1839. 


Dana, Ebenezer, 




L. 


1845. 


Davis, Selina E., w. of Samuel, 




L. 


1854. 


Day, Eveline E. w. of Samuel, 




L. 


1842. 


Deland, Hester C, 


n. 7\ 


P. 


1850. 


Dickinson, Mary L., w. of William, 




P. 


1861. 


Dickson, Ellen A., w. of Joseph E., 


n. r. 


P. 


1858. 


Draper, Cornelia M., 




P. 


1863. 


Drury, Lyman, ) 
Drury, Martha P., ) 




L. 


1863. 




L. 


1836. 


Duncan, Eliza, 




P. 


1861. 


Eames, Edwin A., 




L. 


1864. 


Eames, Alfred M., 




P- 


1858. 


Earle, Emma E., w. of Clark, 




P. 


1835. 


Eaton, Sally F., wid. of Thomas B., 




L. 


1853. 


Eaton, A. J., ) 
Eaton, Delight, ) 




L. 


1853. 




L. 


1858. 


Eaton, Thomas, 




X. 


1858. 


Eaton, L. Adelia, 




li. 


1854. 


Eaton, Thomas S., > 
Eaton, Martha M., ) 




P. 


1863. 




L. 


1854. 


Eddy, Samuel, Jr., ) 
Eddy Clara H., ) 




I.. 


1S6L 




P. 


1858. 


Eddy, Henry W., \ 
Eddy, Julia A., ) 




L. 


1858. 




L. 


1858. 


Eddy, Albert M., 




P. 


1828. 


Elder, Dolly W., w. of Nath'l, 




P. 


1847. 


Elder, James, 




L. 


1858. 


Eldredge, Julius A., ) 
Eldredge, Catharine, ) 


n. r. 


P. 


1858. 


n. r. 


P. 


1852. 


Elliott, Gustavus, ) 
Elliott, Mary S. ) 




L. 


1855. 




L. 


1858. 


Elliott, Helena G., 




P. 


1858. 


Ellis, Harriet H., w. of Nathan B. 




P. 





MEMBERS. 




27 


1845. 


Estabrook, James, ) 
Estabrook, Almira R. f 




L. 


1845. 




L. 


1850. 


Estabrook, Rebecca, wid. of Stillnian, 


n. r. 


L. 


1861. 


Esten, Daniel S., ) 
Esten, Lorania H. ) 




L. 


1861. 




L. 


1852. 


Estey, Emily H., w. of James F., 


n. r. 


L. 


1863. 


Fairbanks, Joanna E., w. of Lewis T., 




L. 


1812. 


FairbanV-S, Cornelius W., 


n. r. 


P. 


1846. 


Farnum, Caroline, 




L. 


1858. 


Farnum, Lois M., w. of Joseph S , 




L. 


1846. 


Fawcett, Jonathan, ") 
Faweett, Asenath, j 




L. 


1816. 




r.. 


1853. 


Fay, John R., 




L. 


1853. 


Fay, Emily E., 




L. 


1853. 


Fay, Frederic E., 




L. 


1863. 


Fay, Hamilton B., ) 
Fay, Hannah F., f 




L. 


1863. 




E. 


1847. 


Fisher, Waterman A,, | 




L. 


1847. 


Fisher, Louisa B., j 




E. 


1863. 


Fi.sher, Erastus, ) 
Fisher, Mary F., ) 




E. 


1863. 




L. 


1859. 


Fiske, Mary, wid. of Bezaleel, 




L. 


1859. 


Fiske, Matdda H., w. of Walter B., 


n. r. 


P- 


1858. 


Fitch, Dana H., > 
Fitch, Melitida W., j 




P. 


1858. 




L. 


1859. 


Fitch, Sarah C, 




P. 


1854. 


Fitts, Benaiah, ) 
Fitts, Abby A., ) 




L. 


1858. 




P. 


1808. 


Flagg, Cynthia, wid. of Jonathan, 




P. 


1842. 


Flagg, Jarvis, 


n. r. 


P. 


1859. 


Flagg, Waldo, > 
Flagg, Mary A., j 




r. 


1859. 




p. 


1859. 


Flagg, Caroline A., w. of Jos. W., 




L. 


1854. 


Fletcher, Eliza, wid. of Joseph, 




L. 



28 


MEMBERS. 




1828. 


Foster, Elizabeth, wid. of Samuel, 


p. 


1860. 


Foster, Lucy II. wid. of Charles 0., 


li. 


1847. 
1848. 


Fuller, Joseph D., \^ n 
Fuller, Caroline W., J n 


. r. r. 


1862. 


"'Fuller, Warren A., 


L. 


1860. 


Gardner, Elizabeth J., 


L. 


1846. 


Gates, Ann, 


-L. 


1842. 
1842. 


Gates, Leonard, > 
Gates, Mary Jane, ) 


P. 
P. 


1857. 


Gates, Simon D., 


P. 


1842. 


•"Gates, Jaalam, 


P. 


1858. 


Gates, Ellen E., 


P. 


1834. 


Giffjrd, Maria E., w. of Albert W., 


L. 


1861. 


George, Elizabeth J., w. of George H., 


P. 


1853. 


Gilbert, Mary, wid. of Charles, n 


r. I.. 


1858. 
1857. 


Gilbert, Charles W., ) 
Gilbert, Calista B., ] 


p. 
p. 


1858. 


Gilbert, Achsah W., 


p. 


1860. 


Gilman, Elizabeth C, Avid. of Dr., 


L. 


1856. 


Gleason, Lora, 


L. 


1842. 


Gleason, Sarah, wid. of John, n 


. r. p. 


1853. 


Goddard, Sophia S., 


p. 


1859. 


Goddard, Rebecca N., 


p. 


1860. 
1860. 


Go.ldard, D. B , ) (l. 1851.) 
Goddard, Sarah K , ) (l. 1851 ) 


L. 


1863. 


Goddard, Sarah E , 


P. 


1862. 
1862. 


Goddird, Emmons A., ) 
Goddard, Mary G., ] 


I.. 
L. 


1858. 


Goodell, Eliza J. B., w. of John M., 


L. 


1854. 


Goodman, Sarah, wid. of Eldad, 


L. 


1854. 


Goodman, Sarah B., 


I.. 


1854. 


Goodman, Caroline, 


J.. 


1858. 


Goss, Emily A., w. of Brigham, 


P. 


1845. 


Gould, Hannah J., wid. of Ira M., 


T.. 



MEMBERS. 29 



1801. 


Greenleaf, Mary, wid. of Daniel, 


P. 


1831. 


Greenleaf, Dolly Ann, 


P. 


1832. 


Greenleaf, William, ) 
Greenleaf, Myra J., ) 


Ij. 


1832. 


L. 


1858. 


Grimshawe, Henry, ) 
Grimshawe, Martha M., ) 


P. 


1856. 


E. 


1858. 


Grimshawe, Julia Anna, 


P. 


1846. 


Grout, William G., i 
Grout, Hannah C, / 


P. 


1842. 


P. 


1858. 


Grout, Emeline Carter, w. of Jacob B., 7i 


r. L. 


1858. 


Hall, Fannie E., w. of Alvin E., n 


r. p. 


1852. 


Hammond, Elijah, ) 
Hammond, Caroline M,, } 


p. 


1848. 


L. 


1863. 


Hammond, Lucy H , Vv'id. of Edwin 0., 


L. 


1857. 


Hanson, Charles H., 


IL. 


1847. 


Harbach, Palmer, > 
Harbach, Abigail R., f 


T.. 


1847. 


li. 


1847. 


Harding, Mary W., w. of Lorenzo, 


P. 


1819. 


Harrington, Stephen, ) 


L. 


1849. 


Harrington, Sarah B., / 


L. 


1864. 


Harrington, Lewis W., 


P. 


1864. 


Harrington, William A., 


P. 


1813. 


Harris, Almira, wid. of Allen, 


L, 


1850. 


Hatch, Benjamin F., 


L. 


1855. 


Hawes, Clara N., w. Artemas, 


P. 


1831. 


Hayden, Asa, \ 
H ay den, Emily G., f 


P. 


1854 


I^. 


1848. 


Hazeltine, Abigail R., wid. of Pardon, 


T.. 


1857. 


Hazaltine, Harriet S., 


P. 


1864. 


Hazeltine, Charles B. R., 


P. 


1842. 


Heard, Nathan, n. 


r. P. 


1827. 


Hey wood, Henry, 


p. 


1842. 


Hey wood, Mary G., w. of W. H., 


p. 


1858. 


Hildreth, Matildia C, w. of Samuel E., 


p. 



30 


MEMBERS. 




1849. 


Hill, Mary Ann S., w. of J. Q., 


p. 


1858. 


Hill, Susan A., w. of Cornelius PI., 


P. 


1854. 


Hobbs, George 2d, > 
Hobbs, Louisa S., ) 


L, 


1851. 


L. 


1858. 


Holbrook, William D., ) 
Holbrook, Charlotte E., j 


P. 


1858. 


p. 


1860. 


Holbrook, E. Anna, 


L. 


1863. 


Holden, Alfred, > 
Holden, Lucy M., ) 


L. 


1863. 


I.. 


1858. 


Hood, Frances E. N., 


P. 


1838. 


Hougbton, Mirandla, wid. of Geo. W., n 


. r. p. 


1861. 


Houghton, Chas. S., ) 
Houghton, Mary, } 


p. 


1859. 


L. 


1842. 


Howe, Leonard, ) 7i 
Howe, Nancy, ) n 


. r. p. 


1842. 


. r. p. 


1861. 


Howe, Archelaus M , ) 
Howe, Hannah Janette, ( 


L. 


1861. 


L. 


1824. 


Howe, Sarah H., wid. of William, 


P. 


1857. 


Howes, Arlette, n 


. r. L. 


1858. 


Hoyle, Sarah L., w. of Wm., 


p. 


1858. 


Hubbard, Cyrus K., ) 
Hubbard, Mary Elizabeth, ) 


jj. 


1858. 


L. 


1861. 


Hubbard, Henry B., ) 
Hubbard, Abby W., ( 


L. 


1861. 


L. 


1855. 


Hunt, Ann Maria, n 


r. p. 


1854. 


Hutchinson, Mary Ann, 


L. 


1850. 


Jacobs, William H., ) 
Jacobs, Martha P., j 


T.. 


1850 


li. 


1854. 


^' James, Rev. Horace, > 
James, Helen, j 


L. 


1854. 


L. 


1838. 


Jaques, Susan, 


P. 


1861. 


Johnson, Elizabeth J., w. of Alex. H., 


L . 


1817. 


Jones, John, 


P. 


1858. 


Joslin, Isaac Robinson, ) 
Joslin, Laurinda B. } 


1. 


1850. 


P. 



MEMBERS. 






31 


1850. Kendall, Maria, w. of Smith, 






P. 


1848. Kendall, Dolly M. , 






P. 


1853. Kendall, Mary T., w. of John, 






L. 


1857. Kendall, Francis, \ 






L. 


1857. Kendall, Mary E. J 






L. 


1854. Kent, Samuel \Y., ) 
1854. Kent, Clara W., ) 






L. 






L. 


1858. Kent, Ezra, ) 
1858. Kent, Abigail B., ^ 






L. 






L. 


1858. Kimball, Juliette VV., 






P. 


1853. Kingman, Lydia A., w. of Davis, 


n. 


r. 


P. 


1855. Klute, Henrj^ 


n 


r. 


P. 


1842. Knapp, Louisa J., w. of Henry, 


n. 


r. 


P. 


1857. JCnapp, Lucinda, w. of Gilbert C, 


n. 


r. 


L. 


1848. Knight, Franklin II., > 
1848. Knight, Sarah E., ) 






L. 






li. 


1863. Knight, Edna J., 






P. 


1858. Knight, Martha, 






P. 


1859. Knight, Harriet, 






•L. 


18o4. ^'^Knox, Joseph B., ) 
1858. Knox, Adelaide H., ) 






L. 






P. 


1846. Lamberton, Lydia E., wid. of Josephus, 


n. 


T. 


L. 


1858. Earned, Cynthia E., 






P. 


1853. Lawrenc3, Caroline, w. of Edwin S., 






P. 


1862. Lawton, Mary L., 






I;. 


1858. Lazell, Charles, ) 
1858, Lazell, Harriet, j 


n. 


r. 


L. 


n. 


r. 


L. 


1855. Levins, Annie McKeon, w. of Maurice, 


n. 


r. 


P. 


1852. Lewis, Alvin W., } 
1852. Lewis, Hannah, | 


n. 


r. 


L. 


n. 


r. 


-L. 


1849. Lincoln, Charles A., ) 
1849. Lincola, Louenza A., ) 






L. 






L. 


1855. Linnell, J. E., ) 
1855. Linnell, Fanny A., ) 






I.. 






L. 


1864. Linnell, Mary Frances, 






P. 



32 


MEMBERS. 




1858. 


Lovell, John D., )^ 


L. 


1858. 


Lovell, Eleanor, | 


L. 


1858. 


Lovell, Edwin H., ) 
Lovell, Maria L., ) 


L. 


1858. 


L. 


1858. 


Luther, Emma A., n. r. 


P. 


1855. 


Lyon, Catharine M., w. of J. B., 


P. 


1851. 


Marbb, Ann B., w. of Royal T., 


X. 


1861. 


Marshall, George S., ) 
Marshall, Sophia S., j 


L. 


1861. 


L. 


1863. 


Marsh, Clara B , wid of Darius, 


L. 


1864. 


Marsh, Emma Frances, 


P. 


1856. 


Mason, Joseph W., )^ 


L. 


1856. 


Mason, Nancy F., j 


Jj. 


1858. 


Maynard, Samuel A., ) 


■L. 


1858. 


Maynard, Abigail S., j" 


li. 


1864. 


Mayo, Harriet Armstrong, w. of Nathan, 


L. 


1860. 


McAulder, Mary, 


li. 


1835 


McFarland, Ira, ) 
McFarland, Judith, ) 


P. 


1835. 


P. 


1842. 


McFarland, Sarah, 


P. 


1828. 


McFarland, Mary R., 


P. 


1859. 


Meade, Harriet, wid. of Edwin, 


li. 


1855. 


Merriam, Charles, ) 
Merriam, Caroline, j 


I;. 


1855. 


L. 


1861 


Metcalf, L. A., w. of David, 


L. 


1861. 


Metcalf, Margaret A., 


P. 


1864. 


Metcalf, Maria J., 


L. 


1864 


Metcalf, Charlotte Eliza, 


P. 


1845. 


Miles, Jonas M., ) n. r. 
Miles, Anstis K., ) n. r. 


li. 


1845. 


li. 


1828. 


Mills, Isaac, ) 
Mills, Sarah, ] 


P. 


1828. 


P. 


1857. 


Miner, Joseph E , n. r. 


P. 


1854. 


Mirick, Sabrina, wid. of Elisha, 


L. 





MEMBERS. 


33 


1842. 


Moore, Ashley, ) 
Moore, Lucy, / 


p. 


1842. 


p. 


18G2. 


Moore, Charles A., 


p- 


1831. 


Moore, Anson, n. r. v. 


1822. 


Moore, William G., |^ 


p. 


1838. 


Moore, Mary, j 


L. 


1858. 


Moore, Mary E., 


p. 


1850. 


Mowry, Losanna, w. of Chas. D., 


I.. 


1850. 


Munyan, Mary G., w. of Jonathan, 


L. 


1858. 


Nason, Edward S., ) n. r. p. 
Nason, Cassandra J., j 71. r. p. 


1858. 


1801. 


Nelson, Jonathan, ) 
Nelson, Hannah, j 


P. 


1810. 


L. 


1835. 


Nelson, Mary Ann, 


P. 


1860. 


Newman, Sarah, 


L. 


1858. 


Nichols, Caroline A., w. of S. B., 


P. 


1861. 


Nicholson, Effie, w. r. r. 


1835. 


Nixon, Harriet, wid. of Nahum, 


L. 


1853. 


Noyes, Mary B., w. of Thomas, 


L. 


1848. 


Paige, Susan w.. 


L. 


1842. 


Paine, Nancy, 


L. 


1858 


Palmer, Mary M., wid. of Samuel L., 


L. 


1845. 


Parker, Alfred, ) 
Parker, Elizabeth M., ] 


L. 


1845. 


L. 


1859. 


Parker, Samuel, ) 
Parker, Thirza B., ] 


P. 


1849. 


P. 


1838. 


Parkhurst, Harriet, 


P. 


1841. 


Perry, Elizabeth Ann, w. of D. II., 


I.. 


1858. 


^^Phillips, Sidney W., ) 
Phillips, Addie R., S 


P. 


1858. 


P. 


1837. 


Pickford, Elizabeth S., ^v. of J. K. L , 


P. 


1850. 


Pierce, Martha M., r 


. r. L. 


1855. 


Pierce, Lois R., w. of James, 


L. 



34 MEMBERS. 



1855, Pierce, Arba, p. 

1858. Pierce, Lydia H., wid. of Josiah G., l. 
1860 Pierce, Edwin, ) l. 

1859. Pierce, Ellen M., ji l. 
1860 Pierce, George M., ) L. 

1860. Pierce, Harriet N., ) L. 

1854. Plympton, Lydia E., w. of Alden B., l. 
1845. Porter, Samuel A., ( l. 
1845. Porter, Maria, ^ l. 
1834. Porter, Susan, wId. of Simeon, L. 
1800. Pratt, Martha, w. of Joseph, l. 

1842. Prentice, Tabitha L., w. of Henry, p. 
1845. Putnam, Salmon, ) L. 
1845. Putnam, Tryphena B., j (1827 p ) l. 
1848. Putnam, Louisa, w. of Clark, l. 

1858. Raymond, James, ) p. 

1843. Raymond, Clara, ) L. 

1855. Raymore, Elizabeth H., w. of James H , l. 
1833. Read, Abigail, wid. of Samuel T , n. r. p. 
1847. Read, Abby W., n. r. p. 
1858. Reed, Jacob, ) l. 
1858. Reed, Hannah., ) l. 

1861. Reed, Samuel G., ) L. 
1861. Reed, Eliza B C, ] i^- 
1857. Rice, Catharine, wid. of Asa, l. 
1842. Rich, Lucretia M., w. of Elkanah, p. 
1857. Richardson, Charles, ) l. 

1857. Richardson, Mary L., ) l. 
1827. Richardson, Lucy, w. of Stephen, p. 
1842. Richmond, Adeline A., w. of W., p. 
1855. Rider, Harriet, wid. of Joseph, l. 
1855. Rider, Chas. C, l. 

1858. Robinson, Sarah M., w. of Johnson, p. 
1858. Robinson, Susan B., w. of Thomas B., L, 





MEMBERS. 


35 


1851. 


Rockwood, Fanny P., (1812 p.) 


L. 


1817. 


Rockwood, Mary E., 


p. 


1832. 


Rogers, Elizabeth, wid. of Henry, 


p. 


1858. 


Rogers, Sarah M., w. of Israel M., 


p. 


1864. 


Ryan, Mary, wid. of John, 


L. 


1864. 


Shaw, S. Lambert, 


r. 


1810. 


Shepard, Paul, 


p. 


1864. 


Shepard, George C, 


L. 


1856. 


Sibley, William, ) 
Sibley, Mary L., ) 


p. 


1856. 


p. 


1861. 


Smith, Abi, wid. of John A., 


L. 


1861. 


Smith, Chloe B., w. of Moses B., 


L. 


1861, 


Smith, Mary E., 


L. 


l-'6l. 


Smith, Sarah Jane, 


L. 


1863. 


Snow, Cynthia, 


L. 


1858. 


Spalding, Susan H. T., wid. of Jason C, 


L. 


1858. 


Spalding, Helen T., 


L. 


1857. 


Spaulding, Lorenzo Q , } 
Spaulding, Harriet R., ) 


P. 


1857. 


L. 


1857. 


Spiers, Mary, wid. of John, 


L. 


1854. 


Spragule, Laura, w. of Daniel, , 


L. 


1860. 


Stockwell, Maria Elizabeth, 


P. 


1847. 


Stone, M. D. H., w. of Artemas, n. r. 


L. 


1850. 


Stone, Luther, > 
Stone, Deidamia, ) 


L. 


1850. 


L. 


1851. 


Stone, Sarah M., w. of Phineas T., 


L. 


1855. 


Stone, Maria Louisa, 


P. 


1858. 


•"Stone, I. Augustus, 


P. 


1817. 


Stone, Laura, w. of Uriah, 


P. 


1858. 


Stowe, Charlotte C, wid. of 3Iartin, 


P. 


1854. 


Stowe, Luther, 


L. 


1858. 


Stowe, Mary E., 


P. 


1858. 


Stowe, Alona, wid of Lovell, 


P. 

_! 



36 MEMBEES. 



1858. Stowe, Emily C, w. of Henry L., p. 

1858. Stowell, Harriet C, p. 

1858. Stratton, Harriet A., w. of Fred. A., p. 

1842. Stuvtevant, Abigail P., wid. of Samuel, l. 

1858. Sturtevant, Sarah H., wid of Elisha, l. 

1S42. Sutton, Lu3y, wid. of Thomas, p. 

1816. Sutton, Mary, wid. of John, p. 

1838. Sutton, M. Rebecca, p. 

1849. Sutton, Emma, w. of George T., p. 

1858. Taft, Lyman J., | l, 

1858. Taft, Mary A., j l. 
1858. Taft, Helen A, n. r. p. 

1838. Tainter, Daniel, ) p. 

1838. Tainter, Sarah E, J p. 

1863. Tainter, Charles Emory, p. 
1858. Thompson, John A , n. r. p. 
1858. Thompson, Eletheah, w. of Prescott A , p. 
1856. Torrey, Joseph R., ( l. 
1856. Torrey, Ann, A., ) l. 

1864. Tozier, E. Oscar, ") l. 
1684. Tozier, Anna B., j l. 
1847. Tufts, Ann B., wid. of Joseph, n. r. p. 

1850. Wadley, Mary Jane, w. of Joseph, 7i. r. p. 

1858. Wadsworth, Benjamin, ) l. 

1858. Wadsworth, Thankful F., ] L. 

1841. Waite, Lydia B. B., wid. of Alvin, l. 
1855. Waite Geo. Alvin, n. r. p. 

1852. Walcott, Eli, \ l. 

1852. Walcott, Mary, ) L. 

1852. Walcott, Edward F., l. 
1863. Walker, Rev. Edward A., ) x. 
1863. Walker, Katharine K. C, ] l. 

1853. Walker, Abigail, w. of A. G., l. 





MEMBERS. 


37 


1846. 


Ward, Daniel, 


p. 


1849. 


Ware, Elizabeth A., w. of A, P., 


L. 


1859. 


Warfield, Stephen T., 


P. 


1851. 


Warren, Dura, i ft. r. 
Warren, Meleatiah, ) /i, r. 


L. 


1851. 


L. 


1855. 


Waters, Mary Elizabeth, 


P. 


1855. 


Watkins, Hannah, wid. of Andrew, 


L. 


1858. 


Watkins, Mary Ann, w. of Elbridge G., 


r. 


1857. 


Wedge, Electa S. Nixcon, w. of Richard, n. r. 


p. 


185S. 


Wells, Jane E., 


p. 


1850. 


Wheeler, Polly, wid. of Jonas, 


L. 


1838. 


W^heeler, Sarah, w. of Erastus W., 


P. 


1845. 


Wheelock, Caroline E., 


L. 


1855. 


W^heelock, Mary W., w. of Eleazer, n. r. 


P. 


1850. 


Whipple, Franklin, ) 
Whipple, Eliza W., / 


L. 


1854. 


L. 


1841. 


Whipple, Julia L., wid. of George, 


L. 


1855. 


Whipple, Nancy, w. of Perciral, 


L. 


1842. 


White, Leonard, ) 
White, Emily A., ) 


P. 


1842. 


P. 


1853. 


White, John C, ) 
White, Mary L., / 


L. 


1857. 


P. 


1858. 


White, Rollin G., ) 
White, Lusanna T., ) 


P. 


1858. 


P. 


1838. 


Whittemore, Mary S., n. r. 


P. 


1855. 


Whittemore, Edward M., n. r. 


P. 


1858. 


Wight, Charles B., ) 
Wight, Nancy A., ) 


P. 


1858. 


P. 


1815. 


Willington, Clarrissa, wid of Clark, 


P. 


1858. 


Winn, Eliza, wid. of Francis, 


L. 


1861. 


W' itherby, Luke B., ) 
W^itherby, Catharine M. W., ) 


li. 


1861. 


li. 


1861. 


Wltherby, George T., 


L. 


1864. 


Witherby, Clara Elizabeth, 
4 


P. 



38 MEMBERS. 



1858. Wood, Sarah J., w. of Charles, n. r. P. 

1842. Wood, Simeon, p. 

1850. Wood, Asaph G., n. r. l. 

1858. Wood, Harriet N., w. of Azor B., p. 

1858. Wood, Pamelia, l. 

1858. Woodbury, Charles L., P. 
1848. Woodcock, Cynthia, w. of Bela, l. 
1860. Woodward, Joseph L., ) l. 
1860. Woodward, Julia Ann, ^ L. 

1859. Young, Susan, w. of Horace A., l. 
Present number of members, April 1st, 1864, 575. 



A LIST OF 



NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS 

With their Tlaces of Eesidenee, bo far as known, A[>iil 1, 18G4. 



Alton, James E , ) 
Alton, Lura J., ( 
Andrews, John D., ) 
Andrews, llosalia, ) 

Baccn, Catharine B., wid. of Samuel, 

Barton, Elbridge, 

Blair, Robert Horace, ) 

Blair, Lucy M., ) 

Blis-^, Ilarrietta B., wid. of John IT., 

Prigham, Mary, wid. of Hosea, 

Budd, John, 

Burbank, Betsey, w. of Isaac, 



Hartford^ Conn. 

Hartford^ Conn. 
S. Boston, Mass. 
S. Boston, Mass. 

Grafton, Mass^ 

Keol-uk, Iowa. 

Keokuk, Iowa. 

Nashua, N. H 

Chickopee, Mass. 



Carpenter, Ephraim W. 
Carpenter, Sarah A., 
Champney, Francis C, 
: Chase, William M., 


■} 


Oeveland, 0. 
Cleveland, 0. 

Boston, Mass. 


Cobleigh, Sophia, w. of 
Curby, Elizabeth, 


Uenry, 


Caaada West. 


Curtis, Geo. T. S., ) 
Curtis, Harriet F., > 




Newark N. J. 
Ncivark N. J. 


Curtis, Lydia, 
Cutting, Lewis, 




Brookline, Mass. 
West Boylston, Mass. 


1 Deland, Hester C, 




New To?k City. 


Dickson, Ellen A , w. of Jos. E., 


Newport, R. I. 



40 



NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS. 



Eldredge, Julius A., > 
Eldredge, Catharine, j" 
Estabrook, Rebecca, wid. of Stillman, 
Estey, Emily H., w. of James F., 



Springjield, Mass. 

Spritiffjield, Mass. 

Quincy, Mass. 

Brattlthoro\ Vt. 



Fairbanks, Cornelius W.., 

Fiske, Matilda H., w. of Walter B., 

Flagg, Jarvis, 

Fuller, Joseph D., > 

Fuller, Caroline W., ) 



Winchester, N. II. 
Montreal^ Canada. 

Hudson, N. T. 
Hudson, N. Y. 



Gilbert, Mary, wid. of Charles, We^ Broolfild, Mass. 
Gleason, Sarah, wid. of John, Charlton, 3fass. 

Grout, Emeline C, w. of Jacob B., Straiten^ Vt. 



Hall, Fannie E., w. of Alvin E., Springfield, 3fass. 

Heard, Nathan, Boston, Mass. 
Houghton, Miranda, wid. of Geo. W., Brooklyn, N. T. 

Howe, Leonard, ") Near Portland, Me. 

Howe, Nancy, ) Near Portland, Me. 

Howes, Arlette, Ashhnrnham, Mass. 

Hunt, Ann Maria, Marysvitle, Tenn. 



Kingman, Lydia A., w. of DaTis, 
Klute, Henry, 

Knapp, Louisa J , w. of Henry, 
Knapp, Lucinda, w. of Gilbert C. 



Northhoro\ Mass. 

Newark, N. J. 
Franklin, 3Iass. 



Lamberton, Lydia E., wid. of Josephus, Ware, Mass. 

Lazell, Charles, ) Acton, Mass. 

Lazell, Harriet, ) Acton, Mass. 
Levins, Annie McKeon, w. of Maurice, Boston, Mass. 

Lewss, Alvin W., ) Sterling, Mass. 

Lewis, Hannah, ) Sterling, Mass. 

Luther, Emma A., Ashland, Mass. 



NON-KESIDENT MEMBERS. 41 


Miles, Jonas M., ) 


Fitchhiirff, Mass. 


Miles. Anstis K , ]" 


Fitchhurg, Mass, 


Miner Joseph E., 


Clinton^ Mass. 


Moore, Anson, 




Nason, Edward S., \ 
Nason, Cassandra J., ) 


Ashland, Miss. 


Ashland, Mass. 


Nicholson, Effie, 


Boston y Mass. 


Pierce, Martha M., ' 




Read, Abigail, wid. of Samuel T., 


Romeo, Mich. 


Read Abby AV., 


Romeo ^ Mich, 


Stone, M. D. II., w. of Artemas, 


Bostcn, Mass. 


Taft, Hellen A., 


Ashland, Mass. 


Thompson, John A., 


Newhern, N, C. 


Tufts, Ann B., Vfid. of Joseph, 


Boston, Mass. 


Wadley, Mary Jane, w. of Joseph, 


Mxmroe, La. 


Waite, Geo. Alvin, 


New York City. 


Warren, Dura, ) 
Warren, Meleatiah, ) 


Boston, Mass. 


Boston, Mass. 


Wedge, Electa S. Nixon, w. of Rich 


ard, Amboy, 111. 


Wheelock, Mary W., w. of Eleazer, 


Leverett, 3Iass. 


Whittemore, Mary S., 


Lynchburg, Va. 


Whittemore, Edward M., 


Hartford, Conn. 


Wood, Asaph G., 


San Francisco, Cal. 


Wood, Sarah J., w. of Charles, 


Grafton, Mass, 



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